Name: delimit

Synonyms: delimiting, delimited, delimit

Type: glossary

Description:
To use a particular <character> to mark the beginning or end of a piece
of data, or separate pieces of data from each other.

For example, a <string> is delimited by <double quote|double quotes>
("): a <double quote> is placed at the beginning and end of the <string>
to separate it from the surrounding code.

References: string (glossary), character (glossary),
double quote (glossary)

Tags: text processing

